Sauvage Eau Forte Dior 2024

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5.8 / 10 204 Ratings

A new perfume by Dior for men, released in 2024. The scent is fresh-spicy. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Fresh

Spicy

Woody

Sweet

Synthetic

Fragrance Notes

White lavender

Elemi resin

Musky notes

Pepper

Star anise

Woody notes

Cardamom

Perfumer

Francis Kurkdjian

Ratings

Scent

5.8204 Ratings

Longevity

6.5182 Ratings

Sillage

5.7181 Ratings

Bottle

7.4173 Ratings

Value for money

4.4165 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 10/01/2024.

Interesting Facts

This fragrance is formulated without alcohol. Johnny Depp stars in the advertising campaign.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Amyris Homme Eau de Toilette

Amyris Homme Extrait de Parfum

Sauvage Eau de Toilette

Sauvage Elixir

Statements

13 short views on the fragrance

Tecfield 2 months ago

This is how you ruin the most popular fragrance line in the world.

7

Artistscent 1 month ago

7
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 0.5
Scent

This smells like a cheap 2005 men's perfume at a drugstore. Awful creation, 0/10

5

KimJong 29 days ago

4
Scent

For a moment, I couldn't help but wonder if this displayed in the department store was a counterfeit.

4

DPArtist 1 month ago

2
Scent

My rating is being generous. This is such an odd release, nothing to do with the rest of the line, but no matter, it simply smells awful !

4

Aquarius1 2 months ago

6
Sillage 5
Longevity 5
Scent

I love the sauvage line but this alcohol free fragrance comes across as a gimmick. Barely projects and can hardly detect the spices.

3

Nik604 2 months ago

They even don't try.

3

BertolucciK 29 days ago

Like a sweaty woody breeze. Smells like those cheap counterfeit designer perfumes sold in supermarket parking lots in Portugal.

3

1

ScarletScent 1 month ago

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Don’t get the bashing. Great longevity. Musk and lavender forward with spicy herbal touches, but modern. Versatile for a guy 20+

3

Roboteer 25 days ago

8
Bottle 7
Longevity 6
Scent

It starts good but gets bad after a while. It gives a cheap perfume vibe.

2

HugoMontez 25 days ago

Its a breezy mint scent with something aromatic (not lavender to my nose). Quite milky too. Weird but not necessarily bad.

1

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Reviews

14 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/28/2024

1
Pricing 6
Bottle 1
Sillage 2
Longevity 2
Scent

Moustafa441
2 Reviews

Moustafa441

3

My own opinion :)

1. The scent itself, it lacks depth, complexity, and any real character. The fragrance fades quickly after the first spray.

2. The price Tag of Sauvage Eau Forte promises a luxurious, long-lasting fragrance experience, but delivers neither.

Don't be fooled by the marketing hype.

1/10 because of the magnetic bottle

08/24/2024

6
Pricing 4
Bottle 7
Sillage 6
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Omnipotato
87 Reviews

Omnipotato

2

EdT version of Sauvage Elixir

Sauvage Elixir should have been its own fragrance line. It has little to nothing to do with Sauvage Eau de Toilette and is an amazing revolutionary fragrance in its own right, causing even niche companies to follow in its footsteps with releases like Absolu Aventus and Apex Parfum. Dior's follow-up to Sauvage Elixir is Sauvage Eau Forte, which in many ways can be considered its "EdT" version. I believe it's actually parfum concentration, but its performance is more similar to an EdT, despite the name "forte" (meaning "strong" in French).

Scent-wise, it is aromatic, spicy, and rich. In the opening, lavender, cardamom, and pepper dominate, then it is taken over by the same dark woody accord present in Sauvage Elixir, with anise and frankincense. This is a great fragrance. Why is it being panned?

One reason undoubtedly is the fact that Dior chose to make this a water-based, alcohol-free fragrance. When they did the same with the J'adore line in J'adore Parfum d'Eau no one blinked an eye. In fact, if you look at the reviews for the at fragrance, women are praising the fact that it is water-based, saying it is less stripping and more moisturizing, and not one of them complained about the identical white color. However, the men reviewing Sauvage Eau Forte seem to think that it resembles a certain bodily excretion and are definitely not a fan of the color/texture. At the very least, the bottle should have been made clear like J'adore Parfum d'Eau so you could at least see that the liquid is white before spraying it (a white Sauvage bottle would have looked great too!). It was a gamble by Dior that seems to have backfired.

I believe that if this fragrance was marketed as an EdT (e.g. Sauvage Elixir EdT), was alcohol-based, and cost $120, the same as Sauvage Eau de Toilette, this fragrance would be touted as a worthy successor to Sauvage Elixir. I still think it is being unfairly panned and the scent should be considered independently of the price and carrier medium.

08/30/2024

1
Pricing 10
Bottle 4
Sillage 8
Longevity 2
Scent

PersianDoc
11 Reviews

PersianDoc

1

From Excitement to Regret: My experience with a confusing blend.

I really wanted to like this fragrance, despite all the negative reviews—I didn’t care. The notes of elemi, spices, and lavender intrigued me; I really like Sauvage, so I thought I’d enjoy a different take on this DNA, especially with some of my favorite notes. I ordered my bottle, and at first sniff, as expected, the opening was totally different from the Sauvage line, which was awesome. But the smell was simply not that good—I could only give it a 5/10 on my first encounter.

To be honest, this milky, sticky juice smells weird. I gave it a few full wearings and ended up hating it. One of the major issues that makes this scent profile come off as unbalanced is the water-based composition. There’s a sweetness in the fragrance that feels creamy or lactonic, but in a weird way that doesn’t really match with the loads of mint and fresh herbs added to freshen up the scent profile. The result? It ends up smelling like a luxury sweet toothpaste at best.

After an hour, that freshness and the spices begin to fade, and the sweet elemi-lavender component becomes more prominent, while the projection decreases to a skin scent for the rest of the fragrance's life span. That intimate skin scent is actually quite long-lasting, but does it really matter when you don’t truly enjoy the scent?

08/25/2024

Gymnager
43 Reviews

Gymnager

1

Using people’s concerns about alcohol.

I had a chance to smell this fragrance, but I will not rate it or say something definite because I didn’t smell this one enough to make a review. On my skin, It smells like a spicy, musky and balsamic fragrance with a strong lavender note. Lavender here is the worst lavender in the sauvage line in my opinion. Smell is actually decent if you could get past the lavender, there is not much balsamic fresh fragrances out there. About the water-based formulation, it left some white points on my skin and left my skin extremely sticky, but performance-wise it was not bad at all. I got about a 7 hours of longevity and projection was enough for me to notice it when I waved my hand. While not really changing anything or inventing something, it’s definitely not a bad fragrance. The price point is ridiculous, I am not paying Sauvage Elixir price for this one. With this price point, the water-based formula, Kurkdijan as perfumeur and just stating “LOOK! THERE IS NO ALCHOHOL IN IT!“ rather than trying to advertise the smell itself, this fragrance and marketing campaign definitely screams “Our goal is to robb anyone who is concerned about spraying alcohol on their skin”, so primarly for the muslims who are concerned to use alcohol-based fragrances. This is called ROBBERY and using people’s concerns to their benefits. For this price, It’s the most horrible release of 24, if you want a fresher and a better fragrance from a better house, stick with Alure Homme Superleggera ( even though it is also overpriced)

09/07/2024

6
Pricing 8
Bottle 4
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

ScentJunkie0
19 Reviews

ScentJunkie0

1

Experimental?

Upon learning that Francis Kurkdjian was the creator of this fragrance, I had high hopes, but unfortunately, I found it disappointing. It initially gives off spicy and fresh notes, but it quickly becomes a skin scent after 30 minutes, lasting around 7 hours. Being the first mainstream designer water-based fragrance, I consider it somewhat experimental. In my view, it smells ok but is not worth the price.

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